Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1910 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OL’R REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS.

EAST JORDAN. . Harry Shumaker was a hub goer Sunday. " > Harry Shumaker is hauling gravel for Will Jacks. Eugene Hasty of Rensselaer was seen in this vicinity Sunday. There will ire preaching at Lawndale Sunday by Rev. Clarke of Rensselaer. z . Miss Hazel Shumaker and Lyman Peters attended the oyster supper at Frank Horsewood’s Thursday evening __ There was a masquerade surprise party on Miss Stella Bristow Tuesday evening, and there were a few very swell costumes. There will be an ice cream and oyster supper Saturday evening at Mr. Watson’s for the. benefit of the James Sunday School. Mt. and Mrs. L. J. Lane entertained at Thanksgiving dinner Thursday the following: Mr. and Mrs. David Shumaker and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Gaffield, Noah Wenrick and daughter, Miss Edith. John and Henry Toban gave an oyster supper Thursday evening, entertaining Cecil and Harry Shumaker. Leonard and Vern Bice,-George Wenrick, Dale Hufford, Will Iliff and son Hugh, serving oysters, pickles, cake, bananas, peanuts and cigars. Mr. Iliff succeeded in eating the most oysters. ■ . .

FAIR OAKS. Milt Gundy and wife went to Roselawn Sunday to visit his parents. Rev. McClure occupied the pulpit' in the M. E. Church Saturday at 7:30 p. m. Oliver Robinson of Rensselaer was in our town between trains Monday evening. We imagine we can hear the wedding bells ringing in the not far dis.tint future. Floyd Cox, who has been down near Kentland, husking corn, came home Saturday. Benj. Flock and daughter of Washington are here visiting his nephew. Abe Bringle, this week. Lora and Frank Brouhard, who have been over in Illinois husking corn arrived home Tuesday. F. R. Erwin is haying an addition bnilt onto his barn. James Clifton is doii.g the carpenter work. Ray Finters and mother of near Morocco came over and spent Thanksgiving with relatives here in town. Bark Crawford has taken a job of pressing hay for Walter McDonald on A. D. Washburn’s place near here.

Wm. Gundy, who has been out in a • western state for about five years, returned to Fair Oaks Monday night. Elda Stowers, who lives .over near Aix lost one of his children Friday". The remains were brought here Sunday for burial. . Miss Ella Cox, who has been visiting her parents here for some time, left here Sunday evening for her home in lowa. l orn Mallatt opened up his store Monday morning. He has quite a nice stock of new, clean, fresh groceries and will no doubt do a good business. , The gravel road people got through Tuesday hauling gravel from here and are now taking up their track and hauling it out onto the -unfinished part. ' We got quite a thunder shower, in our neck of the woods Sunday night. There was some very heavy lightening but no damage done outside of some trees being struck. Monday was considerably cooler. Miss Tilton and Miss Reeves, both high school mates of Amy Bringle, from Rensselaej;, paid her a visit Sunday. They had a general good time. Amy returned to Rensselaer Sunday evening with them. , Ella Roorda, who lived with her father on the, Otis ranch, was taken to a hospital in Chicago on one of the early trains Monday morning to be operated on for appendicitis. A telegram came later that the operation had been performed, and that the family should come at once. There were about twenty young people gathered together Friday evening and gave Amy Bringle a grand surprise, and to say she was surprised would be mildly putting it. They all enjoyed themselves supremely. They were treated to three course refreshments, which were pronounced to be extraordinary.

NEW CENTER. John Mitchell hauled lumber from Wolcott last Tuesday. Ruby Coffman spent last Sunday with' Blossom Grouns. . Wiley Latta was a Wolcott cailer last Saturday afternoon. Frank Sommer’s called on Elmer Clark last Sunday morning.

Mjiss Ara Griswell spent last Friday in Rensselaer with relatives. Miss Anna Caster spent last Thursday night with Miss Clara Digman; Remember next Sunday night that services will again be held at Milroy. Miss Belle Southard spent last Wednesday night with Miss Anna Caster. Mr. and Mrs. John Ward and family were visitors in our neighborhood last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Manson, Beaver and son Harold spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hamilton? Corn husking will soon be a thing of the past. Most of this neighborhood is through husking now. The sick of this community are about all well again, at least they are out from under the doctor’s cars. Mr. and Mrs. William Miles and Son Ernest and daughter Miss Mary spept Saturday evening at the Southard home. Master Ralph Miles of near Wolcott spent last Saturday and Sunday with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Miles. Mr. and Mrs. George Caster and son Earl and daughter Anna spent last Sunday with Bert Dowell and family of near Palestine. Ernest Miles and sister Miss Mary attended a surprise party at Wolcott last Thursday evening at the home of the Musselmen family. Those who spent Sunday after-! noon with John Southard and family were, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grouns. and daughters, Misses Gladys and Blossom and son Edgar, and Ruby Coffman.

CURTIS CREEK, * John Rush and family visited last week in Illinois. Allie Francis called Sunday on his Sister, Mrs. Wuerthner, Jr. Marion Pierson is helping A. C. Pancoast with his corn husking. Miss Loe Pancoast returned Monday to her music studies at DePauw. Misses Mae and Grace Kelley returned home Saturday after a visit of a week with relatives in Illinois. Frank King of Parr and Roy Scott of northeast of town and Walter Smith and Elizabeth Feldhause spent Saturday night and Sunday with the Holmes family. The w'eat her has been quite changeable the last few days, a rain began falling Saturday night and continued till Sunday night, then turned cold, froze up and to-day (Wednesday) it is snowing. Surprise parties seem to be all the rage in this neighborhood, four being held last week. On Wednesday night at Joe Trulley’s, Thursday night at Fred Waling’s, Friday night at A. C. Pancoast’s and Saturday night at Sidney B. Holmes. A fine time is the report from each place.

SCHULTZ SETTLEMENT.

Mr. Hahn was seen in our settlement Friday. John Price was in Rensselaer Friday afternoon. , . August Makus called on Michael Schultz Sunday. A. R. Schultz visited Sunday afternoon with Wm. Faylor.v, Michael Schultz called on his son, A. R. Schultz, Monday. Chris»Schultz called on Michael Schultz Tuesday afternoon. William Schultz spent Sunday afternoon with Chris Schultz. Stephen and Shelby Comer called on Michael Schultz Tuesday. Frank Bicknell was in our settlement Monday buying hogs. August C. Schultz called on A. R. Schultz Monday morning. Amiel Schultz visited with Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schultz Sunday. Rinehold Schultz and Fred Krueger spent Sunday with home fojks. Michael Schultz called on his bro« ther, Chris Schultz, Monday morning. Elsie and Arthur Schultz took Sunday dinner with William Schultz and family. . Rinehold Schultz called on his grandparents, Mr. and Mirs. Michael Schultz, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krueger spent Sunday afternoon? with William Schultz and family. Paul, Adolf, A. R. and Herman Schultz attended the sale at G. H. Comer’s Wednesday. ; Antona Schultz and Bertha Stibtye visited over Sunday with the former’s uncle, Amiel Herre, and family.

A number of the farmers in our settlement have finished husking corn, while others have only just begun. Those attending the Thanksgiving entertainment at Center school from our settlement were, Mrs. John Price and Lena Schultz. Rinehold Teska and Chris Schultz returned home Thanksgiving day from Milwaukee, where they had gone to attend the funeral of the former’s sister.

MILROY. John Mitchell was in Wolcotk Tuesday. Albert and Chas. Wood were in Lee Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bivins were Monon visitors Saturday. Mrs. Wm. Johnson and Mrs. Geo. Wood were in Monon Tuesday. -Thos. Spencer and John Clark took dinner with C.- L. Parks Tuesday. Harry Davis of Wolcott has been doing carpenter work for Jno. Mitchell. Virgil Fuller, who has been working for Geo. Foulks, visited his parents in Monon Sunday. Grandma Foulks of Monon came the first of the week for a visit with her son George and family. Charles Moore, who has been working for Clyde Clark husking corn, near Morocco, came home Saturday. Mr. - Enssinger of Lafayette haa built an addition' to his home, adding a cellar and is otherwise making improvements. Preaching next Sunday evening at 7:30. Everybody invited. Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Election of officers Xmas day. You are needed at Sunday School. Mr. Anderson, who has been having a serious sore on his hand caused by a husking peg bruising it, had the hand’examined Saturday by Drs. Clayton & Clayton who found it in danger of blood poison. As G. L. Parks and Ed May were returning home'from lodge at Remington Friday . night,'the horse became frightened and threw Mr. May out with the lines and as the horse continued to run Mr. Parks jumped out and was bruised quite a little but was certainly fortunate in not being hurt worse:

SOUTH NEWTON. Philip Paulus hauled' coal from Mt. Ayr Friday. Esta Keener finished husking corn for Earl Leek Friday. Mrs. Fred Waling spent the day with Mrs. Robert Overton Monday. W. E. Leek of Rensselaer visited last Friday with his son Earl and wife. Miss Eva Kenton of near Mitchell, S. D., is visiting with the family of Isaac Parker. , Charles Waling was looking after his farms in this locality several days this week. Allie Frances took dinner with his sister, Mrs. Erhardt Wuerthner, and husband Sunday. Mrs. Ernest Mayhew and Mrs. "Clarence Pruett wer6 business callers in Mt. Ayr Friday afternoon. x Mrs. Harrison Wasson of Rensselaer visited from Saturday till Monday with Mrs. Miary Powell and daughter Alice. Mr. and |Mrs. Frank Irwin of Brook spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mayhew. “Taters” is telling the carpenters how to keep their hands warm these cold days so they can keep working on his bird cage. He must be getting anxious. The guests at Clarence Pruett’s Sunday were Mr, and Mrs. Willard Pruett, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dunn and family and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus and family. Miss Sadie Paulus went to Mt. Ayr last Thursday for a several days visit with Miss Ada Miller, who with her parents will leave shortly for California where they will make their future home. • Last Thursday evening, in response to invitations sent out by his wife, about twenty friends gathered at the home of Fred Waljng to remind him of his birthday anniversary. Elegant refreshments were served and all departed at a late hour wishing him many happy returns of the day.

LEE. Rev. Briggs, the district superintendent, staged while here during suarterly meeting at Will Rishllng’s. There was about a dozen men through here during the , past week putting up a new telegraph line, and took their meals at Mrs. Gora Stiers’. Alvin Clark and family, Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, Charles McCashen and family and Mn Gilmore and family were entertained Sunday at J. H. Culp’s. * • * Mrs. Stella Holeman and two children of Monticello have been visiting relatives and friends here the past ten days, but expect to return home Sunday.

Wednesday fifteen ladles did an all day’s sewing for Mr Ireland’s children, and had a very enjoyable time. They also got a fine lot of sewing and comfort-making done for them. Morris Jacks anil Lonnie Noland, who drive from here to the Monon high school, while driving the latter's horse Tuesday i f ran away wiih them and broke b”ggy and harness and bruised the occuirants of the buggy somewhat. i Sunday Alf Jacks' three children of Lafayette, Vern Jacks and wife, Mrs. Grace Lefler and Miss Ethel Jacks, came on the milk train and spent the day with their parents Isaac Parker and wife and Mrs. Jacks’ cousin and husband of Illinois. They were very enjoyably entertained at their home at this place, OBITUARY. Little Cress'e Opal Stowers, daughter of Elda and Eva Stowers, was born May. 11, 1909, and died Friday, Nov. 25, 1910, at the home of her parents in Barkley township, at the age of 1 year six months, and fifteen days. Her death came at the close of a ten day’s illness caused by pneumonia. She leaves in «this world to mourn her untimely call, a father, mother, one sister, one brother and many other relatives, all of whom must not grieve, for through your loss she has gained, and though her little life had only budded here on earth, it will blossom in heaven. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thank our many friends and neighbors for thefr Hfndness and assistance during the sickness and death of our little daughter and fister.— Elda Stowers and Family.